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Disenfranchised Voters Deserve Better Than a Brush-Off | City & State
My latest OpEd in City and State New York. My jaw dropped when I read this week about some 300 upstate voters inadvertently disenfranchised from the federal primary due to a mapping error. Unbelievable! For six weeks, no one had … Continue reading
Justice Department Preclears NY Assembly Lines | New York Daily News
Celeste Katz over at the Daily Politics blog posted the US DOJ’s official letter pre-clearing the State Assembly’s redistricting plan. The DOJ had until May 27th to render its decision. Today’s letter is the final administrative hurdle to elections this … Continue reading
Federal Court denies preliminary injunction halting elections (Favors v. Cuomo)
Politicker reports that the Last Lawsuit Against Redistricting Stumbles as a judge denied a Democratic request for a preliminary injunction against the redrawn map, which means that there won’t be enough time now for the trial to intervene before primary season begins … Continue reading
Court Orders Assembly Majority to advise on status of DOJ pre-clearance
On Thursday, the US District Court ordered lawyers for the Assembly Majority to advise the Court by next Tuesday, May 15, 2012, about the status of the DOJ preclearance process as it relates to the Assembly Redistricting Plan and the status … Continue reading
Camara Calls COA Ruling ‘Disenfranchisement’
The SOP blog reports on reaction from Brooklyn Assemblyman Karim Camara to the NY Court of Appeals ruling upholding the constitutionality of the formula creating a sixty-three seat State Senate. Assemblyman Karim Camara, the chairman of the Legislature’s Black, Puerto … Continue reading
Capitol Confidential » State’s highest court upholds state Senate upsize
This morning, the state Court of Appeals unanimously ruled that the Senate Majority created a constitutionally permissible 63 district plan. The Times-Union’s Jimmy Vielkind wrote The ruling is a major blow to Democrats hoping to wrest control of the Senate … Continue reading
DOJ Pre-Clears NY Senate Redistricting Lines
As I expected the US Department of Justice has pre-cleared the state’s legislative redistricting plan. On Friday, Assistant US Attorney Thomas Perez, head of the Civil Rights Division, sent a letter to lawyers for the NYS Senate Majority saying that … Continue reading
Three-Judge Panel Questions New York Senate and Assembly Redistricting Plan
Laura Nahmias, City&State, reports that the “three-judge [federal court] panel in Brooklyn decided today they would not dismiss complaints challenging the constitutionality of the recently enacted New York state legislative redistricting plan.” Nahmias also reports that “the judges said they … Continue reading
A Redistricting Lawsuit’s Fate Could Be Decided Wednesday
Tonight, State of Politics Nick Reisman reports A three-judge panel on Wednesday will decide whether to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the redistricting process, with a hearing taking place in Brooklyn federal court at 2 p.m. An update on the court’s website posted … Continue reading
Federal Court Ruled Incumbency Is Not a Judicial Concern
One immediate takeaway from the federal Court’s congressional redistricting plan and ruling is that incumbency protection (i.e., seniority and residence) should not be a factor when crafting a judicial plan. The ruling will have no influence on the bipartisan redistricting … Continue reading
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